Those who reap what they sow will not escape punishment.
Just to be on the safe side, Wang Yao went to a nearby clinic and bought a bottle of alcohol, spraying it all over herself before going home.
But she forgot that she should be at school at this time.
Upon seeing her daughter suddenly return home, Liu Xiangmei was startled and quickly asked, "Why are you back at this hour?"
Wang Yao only realized what was happening after she entered the room, but it was too late, so she had no choice but to confess honestly.
Liu Xiangmei slapped Wang Yao on the back a few times, "You brat, do you know that your task right now is to study hard?"
Wang Yao winced as she was slapped. To avoid being hit again, she quickly explained, "I think I asked for leave because of PE class. Don't worry, Mom, I know what I'm doing."
"If you knew what you were doing, you knew what you were doing, you wouldn't have done it this way..."
Seeing that her mother was about to say more, Wang Yao quickly shut her up by mentioning the dysentery.
"Really?" Liu Xiangmei slapped Wang Yao hard, and then gave her another slap.
"Ah~" Wang Yao was in excruciating pain.
"Oh dear, Mom forgot. It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt at all. Be good, it doesn't hurt." Liu Xiangmei stroked Wang Yao's back while trying to reassure her.
Wang Yao was speechless. She had wanted to avoid being beaten, but she didn't expect to be hit so hard.
But none of that matters. What matters is that Yu Family Sichuan Restaurant is finished.
Liu Xiangmei didn't understand, "It's just that one customer got a stomachache, it can't be that serious, right?"
Wang Yao explained to Liu Xiangmei: "According to regulations, if a small number of diners become ill without any deaths, the consequences will be severe and may result in fines and the revocation of the health permit."
"Hiss~ Is it that serious?"
Wang Yao nodded: "It's that serious, so Yu Daqiang prayed that only this one person would get sick from the food, and also prayed to Buddha to bless the child so that he would be alright, otherwise he might have to stay in jail for a few more days."
Liu Xiangmei didn't know what would happen to Yu Daqiang in the end, but she now understood a saying: "Heaven's sins may be forgiven, but self-inflicted sins are unforgivable."
"Alright, if there's nothing else, you should hurry back to class. If you do this again, I'll break your legs..." After hearing the news Wang Yao brought, Liu Xiangmei was about to ruthlessly drive her away.
Wang Yao: You just use it and then throw it away, huh? What a scumbag!
Although she was very dissatisfied with her mother's ruthlessness, Wang Yao didn't dare to argue with her mother, after all, her leg was innocent.
After going downstairs, Wang Yao saw inspectors spreading quicklime at the entrance of Yu's Sichuan Restaurant not far away, but she didn't see Yu Daqiang.
Yu Daqiang is currently under investigation. Although he is sweating profusely, he remains resolute in his stance.
No matter what the inspectors asked him, his answers were always "no," "accident," or "it was all a misunderstanding."
However, no matter how stubborn he is, he can't outsmart the facts right in front of him.
The kitchen floor was sticky and stringy, leftover food was piled up on the countertops, flies swarmed around, and a layer of grease could be scraped off all the kitchen utensils...
The inspectors glanced around and hurriedly left the kitchen. It wasn't that they were irresponsible, but they were already nauseous from their lunch and would have thrown up if they had looked any longer.
"Someone reported that the vegetables you grow are rotten ones bought from the countryside. Do you admit it?"
"I'm innocent! I've been running this shop for so many years, doing business with integrity. How could I possibly use rotten vegetables? Who's framing me? They must be jealous of my good business. Bosses, you can't believe them!"
Yu Daqiang spoke with great emotion, and if the kitchen hygiene hadn't been so appalling, the inspectors might have actually believed him to some extent.
Team leader Lao Chen stared at Yu Daqiang and said seriously, "We will conduct further investigation and verification. If we find that you have concealed information or made false statements, that would be considered non-cooperation with the investigation, and the corresponding punishment would be more severe."
Yu Daqiang was stunned. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but no words came out.
At this moment, the person who had accompanied them to the hospital returned.
"The doctor diagnosed the child with bacterial dysentery. The child's symptoms are quite severe, and he needs to be hospitalized for observation."
Yu Daqiang hurriedly explained, "Sir, that child's illness really has nothing to do with me. I'm truly innocent. You have to believe me..."
Although he shouted enthusiastically, no one paid him any attention. Only Ma Zhen chimed in, "That's right, you can't wrong innocent people. We are all honest business people."
Seeing that the couple was determined to persist until they were completely cornered, Old Chen stopped wasting time arguing with them. "Whether you are honest business people or not is not up to you to decide. Your shop needs to suspend operations now and await the investigation results."
Before she could finish speaking, Ma Zhen jumped up, "Why should we suspend business? Why are you framing us? Did you take money? Yes, you must have taken money from Liu Xiangmei, or are you really bewitched by that vixen Liu Xiangmei and can't stand us framing her, so you're helping her instead, ugh..."
Before she could finish speaking, Yu Daqiang covered her mouth.
"Well, this woman is ignorant and just talks nonsense. Just pretend you didn't hear her." Yu Daqiang smiled ingratiatingly, but cursed inwardly. This idiot is really going to die; she dares to say anything.
How could Old Chen pretend he hadn't heard? He knew the name Liu Xiangmei. The test sample delivered yesterday was from Haozailai Restaurant, and he'd heard that the restaurant owner was named Liu Xiangmei!
Putting aside the fact that this woman spread rumors that their public officials accepted money and framed them? It turns out that the Hao Zai Lai restaurant was reported for putting addictive drugs in the food, and this family deliberately framed them!
Ha, and they still have the nerve to call themselves honest business people!
Old Chen sneered, leaving behind the words, "It's illegal to deliberately smear public officials with false information," before leading his team away.
Yu Daqiang's chest heaved rapidly as he shoved Ma Zhen to the ground, pointing at her menacingly and saying, "You'll be the one to kill me sooner or later."
He went back behind the counter and breathed a long sigh of relief. Thank goodness he was alright; he almost thought he would be arrested on the spot.
Ma Zhen was starting to regret her actions. She got up from the ground and asked hesitantly, "Then, what do we do now?"
What to do? Yu Daqiang also wanted to know what to do! He originally thought he could make a fortune from the buffet, but now he was forced to close down.
After sending Ma Zhen away, Yu Daqiang sat in the shop all afternoon. He felt at times that he was completely finished, and at other times that he could still be saved. In short, he was restless.
After school, Yu Daqiang saw several groups of students gathered at the door and asked the owner of the nearby shop why the Sichuan restaurant was not open.
Yu Daqiang's fighting spirit was rekindled. He believed that as long as he handled this matter well, he would definitely be able to make a comeback.
"Ma Zhen, wife~"
Yu Daqiang called Ma Zhen, took all the money in the store, and went to the hospital.
That's right, Yu Daqiang's solution was to bribe people to keep quiet.
He thought that the two women who brought their children to his door were just trying to get money, so he would give them money, a lot of money, as long as the two women were willing to change their tune and say that the children's illness had nothing to do with him.
If he could suppress this matter, apologize to the health and epidemic prevention station staff, say some nice things, and pay a larger fine, maybe this matter would be over.
However, because the child has an infectious disease, unauthorized personnel are not allowed to visit him at the moment.
Moreover, after making inquiries, Yu Daqiang learned some terrible news: the hospital admitted five dysentery patients today, all of whom said they had eaten at a restaurant on Dingyuan Road.
Yu Daqiang originally thought that the children were weak and that they got sick from eating his family's food, but now even the adults have gotten sick. How could this be?
"Did you wash the vegetables properly today?" Yu Daqiang pulled Ma Zhen to the corner and asked.
Ma Zhen was also stunned. Her eyes darted around, and she stammered, "I...I washed it, I..."
Under Yu Daqiang's fierce gaze, Ma Zhen dared not lie anymore. She lowered her head and mumbled, "I didn't wash it properly, I just rinsed it with water."
Yu Daqiang closed his eyes, his temples throbbing. At that moment, he really wanted to strangle this woman.
He gritted his teeth and asked, "Why didn't you wash it properly? Don't you know that in the countryside, people fertilize vegetables with manure?"
Ma Zhen still stubbornly insisted, "I didn't wash much before either."
Yu Daqiang felt a lump in his throat. He wanted to shout, but considering the passersby nearby, he lowered his voice and said, "The past is the past. Now we're buying the outermost rotten leaves. How can that be the same?"
After saying that, Yu Daqiang strode away. If he looked at Ma Zhen any longer, he would want to strangle her.
The fact that someone went to the hospital after eating at the Yu family's house didn't become known until the next day, because this incident was different from the one at the Haozailai Restaurant.
It's not uncommon for people to cause trouble at restaurants when they get food poisoning. Most people are unaware that there are other dysentery patients at the hospital, and the inspectors didn't come during mealtimes, so the impact wasn't that significant.
However, the next day, the health and epidemic prevention station inspected all the shops and food stalls on Dingyuan Road. For those with poor hygiene conditions, they issued "hygiene supervision opinions" on the spot and ordered them to rectify within a time limit.
At first, everyone didn't understand what was going on, but after inquiring, they learned that the culprit was the Yu family, and that's when the news about the Yu family's Sichuan restaurant started to spread.
One accident after another has occurred at the restaurants on Dingyuan Road, causing concern among parents and students.
It wasn't until two days later that the test results from the Haozailai Hotel came out.
Liu Xiangmei posted the notice issued by the health and epidemic prevention station directly on the front door, so that passersby could see it. At the same time, Liu Xiangmei bought a megaphone that was even louder than the one at Yu Daqiang's house, had Wang Yao record the notice into it, and then played it on a loop at the door.
"Recently, some residents of our county reported that the 'Haozailai Restaurant' located on Dingyuan Road is suspected of illegally adding non-edible substances to its food... Upon investigation, law enforcement officers conducted a special test on the restaurant's... The test results showed that no prohibited ingredients were detected in any of the submitted samples..."
The neighbors all came out to congratulate Liu Xiangmei on finally being exonerated, saying that such a joyous occasion was a perfect match for her festive front door.
Yes, after the restaurant was vandalized with red paint, Liu Xiangmei didn't sit idly by. She simply painted the entire front door red, making it stand out among the row of storefronts.
However, the most eye-catching thing is not the red-painted gate, but Liu Xiangmei.
She could hardly contain her excitement. Although she had always known she was innocent, the overwhelming gratitude she felt when her innocence was solemnly confirmed by official documents still left her choked with emotion. So, she asked Sun Dong to help her hire a band of musicians.
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